Mónica Ramírez Almadani: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Lalalalala7 (talk | contribs) Added sources; clarified background |
|||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
| image = |
| image = |
||
| alt = |
| alt = |
||
| caption = |
| caption = |
||
<!-- |
|||
| office = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]] |
| office = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]] |
||
| status = Designate |
| status = Designate |
||
| Line 21: | Line 20: | ||
| pronunciation = |
| pronunciation = |
||
| birth_name = |
| birth_name = |
||
| birth_date = |
| birth_date = |
||
| birth_place = |
| birth_place = |
||
| death_date = |
| death_date = |
||
| death_place = |
| death_place = |
||
| death_cause = |
| death_cause = |
||
| party = |
| party = |
||
| spouse = |
| spouse = |
||
| residence = |
| residence = |
||
| Line 32: | Line 31: | ||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Mónica Ramírez Almadani''' is an American lawyer from [[California]] who is a nominee to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]]. |
'''Mónica Ramírez Almadani''' is an American lawyer from [[California]] who is a nominee to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]]. |
||
== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
||
Ramírez Almadani was raised in [[Huntington Park, California]] by parents who were immigrants from [[Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-14/former-doj-official-is-new-head-of-pro-bono-law-firm-public-counsel|title=Former DOJ official is new head of pro bono law firm Public Counsel|date=June 14, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> She |
Ramírez Almadani was raised in [[Huntington Park, California]] by parents who were immigrants from [[Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-14/former-doj-official-is-new-head-of-pro-bono-law-firm-public-counsel|title=Former DOJ official is new head of pro bono law firm Public Counsel|date=June 14, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> She in .<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mónica Ramírez Almadani, Visiting Assistant Clinical Law Professor and Co- of Immigrant Rights Clinic at UCI Law, Named President and CEO of Public Counsel |url=https://www.law.uci.edu/news/in-the-news/2021/ramirez-almadani-public-counsel.html |access-date= |website=www.law.uci.edu}}</ref> |
||
== Career == |
== Career == |
||
In 2004 and 2005, Ramírez Almadani served as a [[law clerk]] for Judge [[Warren J. Ferguson]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]]. From 2005 to 2009, she worked as staff attorney at the [[ACLU]] Immigrants' Rights Project in [[San Francisco]]. Ramírez Almadani joined the [[United States Department of Justice]] |
In 2004 and 2005, Ramírez Almadani served as a [[law clerk]] for Judge [[Warren J. Ferguson]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]]. From 2005 to 2009, she worked as staff attorney at the [[ACLU]] Immigrants' Rights Project in [[San Francisco]]. |
||
Ramírez Almadani joined the [[United States Department of Justice]], serving as counsel to then-Assistant Secretary [[Tom Perez]]. She later served as Senior Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff for Deputy Attorney General [[James M. Cole]]. |
|||
From 2012 to 2015, she served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney|assistant United States attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|Central District of California]]. From 2015 to 2017, Ramírez Almadani served as special assistant attorney general in the [[California Department of Justice]] and Senior Advisor to then-[[California Attorney General]] [[Kamala Harris]]. From 2017, she worked as special counsel at [[Covington & Burling]]. Ramírez Almadani was a visiting professor of law at the [[University of California, Irvine School of Law]] from 2019 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2021 |title=Former DOJ official is new head of pro bono law firm Public Counsel |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-14/former-doj-official-is-new-head-of-pro-bono-law-firm-public-counsel |access-date=December 22, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> |
|||
In 2021, Ramírez Almadani became President of the [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] [[Public Counsel]], the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the nation.<ref name="WHBio">{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Names Twenty-Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees |date=December 21, 2022 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/21/president-biden-names-twenty-eighth-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=December 21, 2022}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
|||
== Nomination to the district court == |
== Nomination to the district court == |
||
Revision as of 04:13, 16 January 2023
Mónica Ramírez Almadani | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979 La Mirada, California |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
Mónica Ramírez Almadani is an American lawyer from California who is CEO of Public Counsel, the largest pro bono law firm in the United States.[1] In 2022, she became a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.[2]
Early life and education
Ramírez Almadani was raised in Huntington Park, California by parents who were immigrants from Mexico.[3] She was the first person in her family to go to college.[4] She received a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Harvard University in 2001 and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2004.[4]
Career
In 2004 and 2005, Ramírez Almadani served as a law clerk for Judge Warren J. Ferguson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. From 2005 to 2009, she worked as staff attorney at the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project in San Francisco.
In 2009, Ramírez Almadani joined the United States Department of Justice, serving as counsel to then-Assistant Secretary Tom Perez. She later served as Senior Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff for Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole.
From 2012 to 2015, she served as an assistant United States attorney for the Central District of California. From 2015 to 2017, Ramírez Almadani served as special assistant attorney general in the California Department of Justice and Senior Advisor to then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris.[5] From 2017, she worked as special counsel at Covington & Burling. Ramírez Almadani was a visiting professor of law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law from 2019 to 2021.[6]
In 2021, Ramírez Almadani became President of the nonprofit Public Counsel, the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the nation.[2][1]
Nomination to the district court
On December 21, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Ramírez Almadani to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Padilla, Feinstein Applaud Nominations for California District Courts". Senator Alex Padilla. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c "President Biden Names Twenty-Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Former DOJ official is new head of pro bono law firm Public Counsel". Los Angeles Times. June 14, 2021.
- ^ a b "Mónica Ramírez Almadani, Visiting Assistant Clinical Law Professor and Co-director of Immigrant Rights Clinic at UCI Law, Named President and CEO of Public Counsel". www.law.uci.edu. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ "Mónica Ramírez". Equal Justice Works. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ "Former DOJ official is new head of pro bono law firm Public Counsel". Los Angeles Times. June 14, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
 | This biography of a federal judge in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Living people
- California lawyers
- Harvard University alumni
- People associated with Covington & Burling
- People from Huntington Park, California
- Stanford Law School alumni
- United States Department of Justice officials
- United States Department of Justice lawyers
- University of California, Irvine faculty
- United States federal judge stubs